Main dates for East Timor

By trober13

  • Japanese Invade

  • World War 2 ends

  • Portugese Timor declared 'overseas province'

  • Suharto regime supressed Indonesias comunnist party

  • Fall of Portugese Fascist regime

  • Governor Mario Lemos Pires is appointed

  • Developments are made in Portugese Timor

  • Developments still being made and being watched by Indonesia and Australia

  • Fretlin and UDT are biggest parties in the election

  • Portugese Timor is becoming more decolonised

  • UDT start a coup to stop the popularity of Fretlin

  • Fretlin made a declaration of Independance for East Timor

  • East Timor becomes formally Independant